Journal of Pediatric Psychology 17(6) pp. 725-739, 1992
© 1992 Society of Pediatric Psychology
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Children with Physical Handicaps and Their Mothers: The Interrelation of Social Support, Maternal Adjustment, and Child Adjustment1
University of South Carolina
2All correspondence should be sent to Jean Ann Linney, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
Examined the interrelation of maternal adjustment, mother–child interaction, and child adjustment in 29 families of children with spina bifida and without mental retardation and in 28 families of children without handicaps. A multivariate, ecological model proposed that adjustment of mother and child depends on the adaptiveness of maternal response to the stress of the physical handicap and on the ability of mothers to create an optimal caregiving environment through mother–child interaction. Analyses examining the relationships among maternal social support, maternal psychological adjustment, and child adjustment are reported. Social support was found to be related to higher maternal psychological adjustment and to higher child adjustment, and maternal psychological adjustment was related positively to child adjustment in both groups. No significant differences were found between groups in the examined relationships or in the levels of resources and adjustment. Results underscore strengths of families of children with spina bifida in their adaptation to the stress of the handicap.
Key words: children; physical handicaps; social support.
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